Arab Spring Comes To Waterloo!

The series of revolutions that started last year, overthrowing dictatorships, have finally made their way to Waterloo, Ontario.

Parking lot at Research In Motion on Monday Morning.

After growing dissent over their iron grip on power, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis have both stepped down. It is unclear whether they will flee any mob justice and try to seek refuge at Apple or Microsoft and it is also unknown whether those companies would even give them amnesty.

Thorsten Heins has been named new leader. Unelected, he has already promised that there will be no major changes. Is this the equivalent of the Muslim Brotherhood taking over Egypt?